Re: Will getting off the pill make PCOS worse?
From: Andrea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:25:37 -1000
Thanks for the email...but I'm not Maria...Good luck with your PCOS. I hope to go on Metformin soon too. Aloha, Andrea
> ----- Original Message -----
From: kim douglas
To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: Will getting off the pill make PCOS worse?
Hi Maria,
Could you get your insulin resistance checked by doing a fasting GTT?? If you were IR you could start metformin for a few months - that would make it better. Coming off for me was hell!
I went off the pill at 19. From 19-30 my dx got worse and worse - but, no one connected all my problems together. Once I started educating myself, I realized most of my problems were pcos related. If you go to http://www.soulcysters.com they have loads of great info and support.
HTH
Good luck
KIM(30 SOMETHING)dh SCOTT- JUST A BABE AT ONLY 30
DX - PCOS/IR, hyperinsulinenmeia, thyroid failure, depression, infertility with repeated m/c.
7m/c's 8 babies. TTC#1 - forever!!! Last 6 straight with IF meds till May 2002. Finally O'ing with met alone!!
Meds - Metformin 2500, synthyroid, wellbutrin, 81mg asprin, 1mg folic acid, vitamens C&E&daily.
>From: anonymous@medispecialty.com (Maria)
>Reply-To: pcos@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS
>Subject: Will getting off the pill make PCOS worse?
>Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 13:43:34 -0500
>
>Hi,
>
>I've posted on this site in the medication forum, but I think this area
>gets more traffic. I've recently started investigating possible causes
>of my hair loss and have come to two possible culprits: the pill
>(Ovcon-35) and PCOS. I noticed an increase shedding (200 hairs at least
>a day) since starting last June 2001, and although the shedding is back
>down to normal levels now, my hair is now very fine and pretty thin,
>like the hair on young children (it used to be very thick and dense.)
>Also, it comes out very easily. At first I thought the pill was to
>blame, but then I remembered I had been shedding high before, about 3
>years before, when I gained 60 pounds very quickly and got acne for the
>first time in my life (I was 23 then, am now 26), and my periods became
>more erratic. These symptoms, along with the fact that I swear my
>hairline is receding, caused me to look at PCOS.
>
>Anyway, I discussed my symptoms with my ob/gyn last week, and she said
>that as long as I'm on the pill, any bloodwork for PCOS will come out
>skewed. She suggested I get off the pill for 3-6 months to see how my
>hair does. This will also allow me to get normal bloodwork.
>
>My question is, if i DO have PCOS, will getting off the pill make things
>worse? My acne is pretty much under control with the pill (I only get
>the occassional blemish), and I've lost most of the weight (I started
>exercising intensely and low-carbing it around the same time I went on
>the pill last year, so I don't know if the pill helped the weight loss
>or not.) What I really worry about is the hair, and the return of all
>these other symptoms.
>
>I appreciate your advice and your experiences getting off the pill. If
>I DO have PCOS, I want to know so I can treat it. IT's just all so
>confusing!
>
>Thanks,
>Maria
>
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